We know that this is history we are living through. The possibility that a candidate who got most votes might end up losing this race was more than enough to make it notable.

The fact that the election may ride on 400 to 500 votes out of almost 6m cast in Florida, and more than 100m nation wide, took the situation to another level. But we should be concerned about just what kind of history we're making. There will be people on both sides who look back on their rhetoric and behaviour during this period with a lot of regret. Or at least there should be.

Boston Globe

Katherine Harris's decision to certify the Florida presidential vote with only partial recounts did not close the entangled case of the 2000 election.

Harris appeared to be acting within her rights when she denied a request from Palm Beach county to extend the deadline for the hand recount until 9am today. But to deny all of the Palm Beach manual recounts flies in the face of the ruling, which blocked her authority to precipitously certify the vote in the first place.This regrettable act only adds to the grounds upon which the Gore campaign will be contesting the certification.

San Francisco Chronicle

The US supreme court will not be hearing arguments about the hand counts in Florida until Friday. The legal war that neither candidate professes to want, but both continue to escalate, has not run its course.